Table 4 Morphometric data (in micrometres) for sporozoites of known hemococcidian species that infect American lizards and the new haplotypes found in the present study

SO1

S. occidentalis

96

8.6 ± 1.7

5.1–13.5

4.0 ± 1.1

2.1–10.3

SO2

S. occidentalis

14

7.2 ± 0.9

5.7–8.6

3.1 ± 0.6

2.1–3.8

US1

U. stansburiana

2

10.1

10.0–10.2

3.3 ± 0.6

2.9–3.7

US2a, US2b

U. stansburiana

12

9.3 ± 0.6

8.5–11.0

3.4 ± 0.8

2.1–5.3

US3

U. stansburiana

12

9.5 ± 1.9

5.4–12.0

2.6 ± 0.5

1.6–3.7

Schellackia occidentalis ^a

S. occidentalis and U. stansburiana

–

7.8

5.6–9.6

3.6

2.8–5.6

Lankesterella sp. Lank_anocar

A. carolinensis

21

8.4

7.1–9.9

3.9

2.6–4.5

Schellackia golvani ^a

Anolis spp.

–

8.2

7.6–10.7

3.3

3.1–3.8

DD1, DD2, DD3, DD4

D. dorsalis

63

7.9 ± 1.3

5.2–11.3

3.7 ± 0.8

2.2–6.1

LP1

L. pictus

4

6.5 ± 0.6

5.9–7.4

3.5 ± 0.7

2.7–4.1

PP1^b

P. payuniae

7

8.8 ± 1.9

7.1–12.7

4.3 ± 0.7

3.1–5.2

Schellackia landaue ^a

Polychrus spp.

–

13.0

–

3.0

–

Lainsonia iguanae ^a

Iguana iguana

–

11.0

–

7.0

–

Lainsonia legeri ^a

Tupinambis nigropunctatus

–

9.5

–

4.0

–